Wrestling fundraiser to benefit Jersey City woman's family

JERSEY CITY'S Paul Casanova, who wrestles under the name "Mambo King," will be one of several wrestlers performing in a benefit show on Sunday for the family of a Jersey City woman who died this month.

MK1 Wrestling will host a benefit show on Sunday at UWA Arena in Newark. All proceeds from the show will benefit the family of Marion Licari, 78, a Jersey City woman who died from cardiomyopathy, kidney failure and liver failure Aug. 3.

The funds will help her family to pay for funeral costs.

Admission to the seven-match show will be $12 at the door. Longtime Jersey City resident Paul Casanova, known by his stage name “Mambo King,” will be one of the wrestlers featured.

“We’re just trying to raise money for this woman. She had no life insurance and no health insurance,” Casanova said. “So we’ve been surrounding all of Hudson County with flyers asking people to please donate something to these people.”

The event is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. UWA Arena is located at 229 Verona Ave., Newark.